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<record><TEI><teiHeader><fileDesc><titleStmt><title xml:lang="en">Fine root biomass and turnover of two fast-growing poplar genotypes in a short-rotation coppice culture</title><author><name sortKey="Berhongaray, Gonzalo" sort="Berhongaray, Gonzalo" uniqKey="Berhongaray G" first="Gonzalo" last="Berhongaray">Gonzalo Berhongaray</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff1">Department of Biology, Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Janssens, I A" sort="Janssens, I A" uniqKey="Janssens I" first="I. A." last="Janssens">I. A. Janssens</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff1">Department of Biology, Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="King, J S" sort="King, J S" uniqKey="King J" first="J. S." last="King">J. S. King</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff2">Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Ceulemans, R" sort="Ceulemans, R" uniqKey="Ceulemans R" first="R." last="Ceulemans">R. Ceulemans</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff1">Department of Biology, Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium</nlm:aff></affiliation></author></titleStmt><publicationStmt><idno type="wicri:source">PMC</idno><idno type="pmid">25834288</idno><idno type="pmc">4372833</idno><idno type="url">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4372833</idno><idno type="RBID">PMC:4372833</idno><idno type="doi">10.1007/s11104-013-1778-x</idno><date when="2013">2013</date><idno type="wicri:Area/Pmc/Corpus">000078</idno><idno type="wicri:explorRef" wicri:stream="Pmc" wicri:step="Corpus" wicri:corpus="PMC">000078</idno></publicationStmt><sourceDesc><biblStruct><analytic><title xml:lang="en" level="a" type="main">Fine root biomass and turnover of two fast-growing poplar genotypes in a short-rotation coppice culture</title><author><name sortKey="Berhongaray, Gonzalo" sort="Berhongaray, Gonzalo" uniqKey="Berhongaray G" first="Gonzalo" last="Berhongaray">Gonzalo Berhongaray</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff1">Department of Biology, Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Janssens, I A" sort="Janssens, I A" uniqKey="Janssens I" first="I. A." last="Janssens">I. A. Janssens</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff1">Department of Biology, Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="King, J S" sort="King, J S" uniqKey="King J" first="J. S." last="King">J. S. King</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff2">Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Ceulemans, R" sort="Ceulemans, R" uniqKey="Ceulemans R" first="R." last="Ceulemans">R. Ceulemans</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff1">Department of Biology, Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium</nlm:aff></affiliation></author></analytic><series><title level="j">Plant and Soil</title><idno type="ISSN">0032-079X</idno><idno type="eISSN">1573-5036</idno><imprint><date when="2013">2013</date></imprint></series></biblStruct></sourceDesc></fileDesc><profileDesc><textClass></textClass></profileDesc></teiHeader><front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en"><sec><title>Background and aims</title><p>The quantification of root dynamics remains a major challenge in ecological research because root sampling is laborious and prone to error due to unavoidable disturbance of the delicate soil-root interface. The objective of the present study was to quantify the distribution of the biomass and turnover of roots of poplars (<italic>Populus</italic>) and associated understory vegetation during the second growing season of a high-density short rotation coppice culture.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>Roots were manually picked from soil samples collected with a soil core from narrow (75 cm apart) and wide rows (150 cm apart) of the double-row planting system from two genetically contrasting poplar genotypes. Several methods of estimating root production and turnover were compared.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Poplar fine root biomass was higher in the narrow rows than in the wide rows. In spite of genetic differences in above-ground biomass, annual fine root productivity was similar for both genotypes (ca. 44 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>). Weed root biomass was equally distributed over the ground surface, and root productivity was more than two times higher compared to poplar fine roots (ca. 109 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>).</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusions</title><p>Early in SRC plantation development, weeds result in significant root competition to the crop tree poplars, but may confer certain ecosystem services such as carbon input to soil and retention of available soil N until the trees fully occupy the site.</p></sec></div></front><back><div1 type="bibliography"><listBibl><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Al Afas, N" uniqKey="Al Afas N">N Al Afas</name></author><author><name sortKey="Marron, N" uniqKey="Marron N">N Marron</name></author><author><name sortKey="Zavalloni, C" uniqKey="Zavalloni C">C Zavalloni</name></author><author><name sortKey="Ceulemans, R" uniqKey="Ceulemans R">R Ceulemans</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Alvarez, R" 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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Plant Soil</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">Plant Soil</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Plant and Soil</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">0032-079X</issn><issn pub-type="epub">1573-5036</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Springer Netherlands</publisher-name><publisher-loc>Dordrecht</publisher-loc></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">25834288</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">4372833</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1778</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1007/s11104-013-1778-x</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Regular Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Fine root biomass and turnover of two fast-growing poplar genotypes in a short-rotation coppice culture</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name><surname>Berhongaray</surname><given-names>Gonzalo</given-names></name><address><phone>+32-326-52349</phone><fax>+32-326-52271</fax><email>gonzalo.berhongaray@student.ua.ac.be</email></address><xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff1"></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Janssens</surname><given-names>I. A.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff1"></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>King</surname><given-names>J. S.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff2"></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ceulemans</surname><given-names>R.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff1"></xref></contrib><aff id="Aff1"><label></label>Department of Biology, Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium</aff><aff id="Aff2"><label></label>Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA</aff></contrib-group><author-notes><fn fn-type="com"><p>Responsible Editor: Zucong Cai.</p></fn></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>13</day><month>6</month><year>2013</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="pmc-release"><day>13</day><month>6</month><year>2013</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><year>2013</year></pub-date><volume>373</volume><issue>1-2</issue><fpage>269</fpage><lpage>283</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>16</day><month>12</month><year>2012</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>16</day><month>5</month><year>2013</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>© The Author(s) 2013</copyright-statement><license license-type="OpenAccess"><license-p><bold>Open Access</bold> This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract id="Abs1"><sec><title>Background and aims</title><p>The quantification of root dynamics remains a major challenge in ecological research because root sampling is laborious and prone to error due to unavoidable disturbance of the delicate soil-root interface. The objective of the present study was to quantify the distribution of the biomass and turnover of roots of poplars (<italic>Populus</italic>) and associated understory vegetation during the second growing season of a high-density short rotation coppice culture.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>Roots were manually picked from soil samples collected with a soil core from narrow (75 cm apart) and wide rows (150 cm apart) of the double-row planting system from two genetically contrasting poplar genotypes. Several methods of estimating root production and turnover were compared.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Poplar fine root biomass was higher in the narrow rows than in the wide rows. In spite of genetic differences in above-ground biomass, annual fine root productivity was similar for both genotypes (ca. 44 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>). Weed root biomass was equally distributed over the ground surface, and root productivity was more than two times higher compared to poplar fine roots (ca. 109 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>).</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusions</title><p>Early in SRC plantation development, weeds result in significant root competition to the crop tree poplars, but may confer certain ecosystem services such as carbon input to soil and retention of available soil N until the trees fully occupy the site.</p></sec></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><title>Keywords</title><kwd>Fine root biomass</kwd><kwd>Root production</kwd><kwd><italic>Populus</italic></kwd><kwd>Weeds</kwd><kwd>Soil cores</kwd></kwd-group><custom-meta-group><custom-meta><meta-name>issue-copyright-statement</meta-name><meta-value>© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013</meta-value></custom-meta></custom-meta-group></article-meta></front><body><sec id="Sec1" sec-type="introduction"><title>Introduction</title><p>Strategies to store carbon (C) in soil have the promise to recapture soil organic C lost due to disturbance associated with intensive agriculture, helping to mitigate the rapidly rising atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> concentration. Fine roots are very important for water and nutrient uptake, but they also represent an important component of the ecosystem C cycle (Jackson et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR30">1997</xref>). Fine root productivity often exceeds above-ground productivity in forest ecosystems, due to high rates of turnover (Janssens et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR31">2002</xref>). Consequently, the process of fine root production and turnover represents a large C input to soil, and how it responds to changes in environmental conditions and management directly impacts ecosystem C sequestration in a changing climate.</p><p>Species of the genus <italic>Populus</italic> show high variation in aboveground growth, phenology and biomass productivity (Laureysens et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR38">2003</xref>; Laureysens et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR39">2005</xref>; Singh <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR59">1998</xref>). Strong genetic control of allometric biomass partitioning to roots has also been reported (Al Afas et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR1">2008</xref>; King et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR36">1999</xref>), as has the seasonal evolution of root biomass among genotypes (Al Afas et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR1">2008</xref>). High-density short-rotation plantations of poplar and/or willow (<italic>Salix</italic>) for the production of bioenergy often use a double-row planting design (Deraedt and Ceulemans <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR19">1998</xref>; Dillen et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR23">2010</xref>), that could affect biomass production and distribution. In plantations with double-row planting systems (e.g. alternating narrow and wide rows), one might expect a higher root biomass in the narrow rows because of closer proximity to the trees. In addition, machine traffic occurs in the wide rows, possibly inducing soil compaction (Ampoorter et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR3">2012</xref>). Roots may preferentially explore the planting row where soil compaction is lower (Bengough et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR6">2006</xref>; Laclau et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR37">2004</xref>), i.e. in the narrow rows solely based on the shorter distance to the tree.</p><p>Roots from competing herbaceous plants often remain unquantified in studies of C-cycling in tree-based ecosystems (Bakker et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR4">2009</xref>). However, short-rotation coppice cultures (SRC) with poplar or willow are more comparable to crop cultivation than with forestry, despite of the use of woody plants. In agricultural systems, weeds consist of a spontaneous herbaceous vegetation that competes with the crop. Aboveground, weeds compete for light (Curt et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR17">2005</xref>) and belowground they compete for water and nutrients (Kabba et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR33">2007</xref>). Nitrogen availability for the poplars in a SRC has been shown to be reduced by the fine roots of weeds that occupy part of the soil (Welham et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR67">2007</xref>). In mature temperate forests, the contribution of the herbaceous understory vegetation to the total fine root biomass is minimal (Bauhus and Messier <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR5">1999</xref>; Meinen et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR44">2009</xref>). However, herbaceous competition can be significant in recently established tree plantations, such as SRC, even when herbaceous competition control is applied (Curt et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR17">2005</xref>; Dickmann and Stuart <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR20">1983</xref>). Some studies have assessed the effects of weed competition on the establishment and productivity of poplar plantations (Kabba et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR33">2007</xref>; Welham et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR67">2007</xref>; Pinno and Belanger <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR49">2009</xref>; Otto et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR47">2010</xref>), but very few have quantified their ecological impact (e.g. on carbon dynamics). Notwithstanding the negative effects, a large amount of herbaceous root biomass in the soil may reduce soil erosion (De Baets et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR18">2007</xref>), increase nutrient retention (thus, avoiding losses from leaching and denitrification) (Hobbie <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR27">1992</xref>), and increase carbon inputs to the soil (Alvarez et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR2">2011</xref>) before trees have completely occupied the site. The presence of weeds generally has a negative impact on tree growth, but may confer other positive ecological attributes.</p><p>The objectives of the present study were to describe the distribution of the biomass of fine roots of different size classes, and to quantify fine root production and turnover in a high-density SRC poplar plantation and associated understory. We hypothesized that, 1) soil carbon inputs from the roots of annual weeds may be equal to or exceed those from fine roots of the poplar trees, and 2) tree fine root biomass is higher in the narrow rows as compared to the wider rows of a double-row planting system. We expected weed root biomass to be less in the narrow rows because of the proximity to the trees. Both hypotheses were proposed with the goal of gaining a better understanding of the C-cycling dynamics of a <italic>Populus</italic> bioenergy SRC in the early years after establishment.</p></sec><sec id="Sec2" sec-type="materials|methods"><title>Materials and methods</title><sec id="Sec3"><title>Experimental site</title><p>All data were collected at the large-scale POPFULL project (Broeckx et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR9">2012a</xref>; webh01.ua.ac.be/popfull). The experimental field site (18 ha) of the POPFULL project is located in Lochristi, Belgium (51<sup>o</sup>06′N, 03<sup>o</sup>51′E), and consists of a short-rotation high-density (SRC) poplar (<italic>Populus</italic>) plantation. Previous land uses of the site were cropland (corn and other agricultural crops) and pasture grassland. Long-term average annual temperature at the site is 9.5 °C and average total annual precipitation is 726 mm (based on 30-year data records from the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium; <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.kmi-irm.be/">www.kmi-irm.be</ext-link>). Mean monthly cumulative precipitation was 59.8 mm, monthly soil temperature was 11.1 °C and air temperature was 11.5 °C for the year of this study (2011) (Fig. <xref rid="Fig1" ref-type="fig">1</xref>). The soil has a sandy texture with a clay-enriched soil layer at 60 cm depth. The soil carbon:nitrogen (C:N) ratio in the first 15 cm of the soil, measured in February-March 2010 prior to planting, was on average 11.6 ± 1.5 (<italic>n</italic> = 110 locations at the field site) and the bulk density was 1.36 ± 0.09 g cm<sup>−3</sup> (see Broeckx et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR9">2012a</xref>). Soil pH in the first 30 cm, assessed during the same period prior to planting, was on average 5.3 ± 0.5 (<italic>n</italic> = 42 locations at the field site).<fig id="Fig1"><label>Fig. 1</label><caption><p>Seasonal evolution (2011) of a number of meteorological parameters monitored on a mast at the field site. Air temperature (<italic>solid line</italic>), soil temperature (<italic>dashed line</italic>) and precipitation (<italic>grey bars</italic>) are shown during the entire year</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="11104_2013_1778_Fig1_HTML" id="MO1"></graphic></fig></p><p>After initial soil sampling and site preparation, 12 poplar (<italic>Populus</italic> sp.) genotypes (pure species and hybrids) were planted in monoclonal blocks in a double-row planting scheme on 7–10 April, 2010. The distance between the narrow rows was 75 cm and that between the wide rows was 150 cm. The spacing between trees within a row was 110 cm, yielding an overall density of 8,000 trees per ha. Within the 18 ha of the experimental site, a total of 14.5 ha was planted. Manual and chemical weed control were applied during the first and the second year consistent with conventional SRC operational management. Despite these weed control measures, there was high abundance of common agricultural weeds within the SRC plantation (360 g aboveground DM m<sup>−2</sup> in May 2011), including thistles (<italic>Carduus spp., Circium spp.</italic>), <italic>Urtica spp., Capsella bursa-pastoris</italic> L.<italic>, Convolvulus spp., Matricaria chamomilla</italic> L.<italic>, Taraxacum officinale</italic> Weber and various species of <italic>Gramineae</italic>. As nutrients and water were not limiting at the site, no fertilization or irrigation were applied during the study.</p></sec><sec id="Sec4"><title>Estimation of root biomass</title><p>All data for the present study were obtained from soil samples collected during the second year (2011) of the SRC plantation. Fine root biomass dynamics of two phenotypically and genetically contrasting poplar genotypes, i.e. Skado (<italic>P. trichocarpa</italic> Hook. <italic>x P. maximowiczii</italic> Henri.) and Koster (<italic>P. deltoides</italic> Marsh. <italic>× P. nigra</italic> L.) (Broeckx et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR9">2012a</xref>) were quantified. Between February and December 2011 the two selected genotypes grew in stem diameter (measured at a height of 22 cm) from 28.8 mm to 46.4 mm (Skado) and from 20.7 mm to 37.4 mm (Koster). Over the same period stem height increased from 276.2 mm to 567.3 mm (Skado) and from 204.7 mm to 340.4 mm (Koster). Fine root biomass was estimated from soil samples collected down to a depth of 15 cm using an 8 cm diameter × 15 cm deep hand-driven corer (<italic>cfr</italic>. Oliveira et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR46">2000</xref>), collected every 2 weeks from February to November, 2011. An extra sampling was performed in January, 2012, for genotype Skado. Sample locations were randomized separately for narrow and wide rows: 10 samples per row and per genotype, at each sampling date. The distance from the sample to the nearest tree was measured with a tape measure (to the nearest cm). Samples were transported to the laboratory and stored in a freezer until processed. Samples were thawed and roots were manually picked for 5 min, washed, dried with tissue paper and weighed. From an earlier methodological study (Berhongaray et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR7">2013</xref>), the 5 min picking duration was found to be the optimum trade-off between duration of root picking and number of samples that could be realistically processed. Roots were sorted into poplar and weed roots, and the total fresh root weight was determined after the 5 min picking duration. Shortly after the first picking, the samples were picked for another 15 min (20 min in total), sorted and put in paper bags for dry mass determination. Poplar roots were sorted from weed roots based on morphological characteristics. Poplar roots showed a brown colour and a dense ramification pattern, while weed roots (W) had a lighter colour and less ramification. Live poplar roots were classified in four diameter classes: <1 mm (L1; very fine roots), 1–2 mm (L2; fine roots), 2–5 mm (L3; medium-size roots) and >5 mm (L4; defined here as coarse roots). In the current study, we arbitrarily defined fine root biomass (FRB) as roots with a maximum diameter of 2 mm (i.e. diameter classes L1 and L2). Dead poplar roots (D), which were observed only in the L1 diameter class, were sorted from live roots based on the dark colour and the lack of cohesion of the periderm (Janssens et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR32">1999</xref>). It was impossible to discriminate live from dead roots for the annual weeds. Sorted roots were dried at 65 °C to constant mass. Subsamples of dried roots were ground, and analysed for C mass fraction with an NC-2100 element analyzer (Carlo Erba Instruments, Italy) using a complete dry combustion technology. Every second sampling date samples were not transported to the laboratory, but immediately processed in the field where total fresh root weight was estimated. From these samples processed in the field, roots were manually picked for 5 min, washed, dried with tissue paper, sorted in poplar roots and weed roots, and their total fresh weight determined. Fresh root weight of one sample core picked for 5 min was converted into total root mass (from 20 min picking duration) using Richard’s equation (Berhongaray et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR7">2013</xref>) and expressed in g DM m<sup>−2</sup>. Root mass was converted to C mass using the average root C mass fraction, and expressed in g C m<sup>-2</sup>. Therefore, we calculated the total fine root biomass on an approximately two-weekly basis, separately for narrow and wide rows. To quantify potential soil compaction, we took eight soil samples with a corer in February, 2012, and estimated soil bulk density for both wide and narrow inter-row spacing.</p></sec><sec id="Sec5"><title>Estimation of fine root productivity and root turnover</title><p>There is no universally accepted method for estimating fine root biomass, productivity and turnover. Several methods have been proposed to estimate fine root productivity (see Vogt et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR66">1998</xref> for a comprehensive review). A number of studies combined multiple methods to characterize plant root dynamics in various terrestrial ecosystems (Burke and Raynal <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR13">1994</xref>; Levillain et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR40">2011</xref>; Steele et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR60">1997</xref>). Although the primary intention of the present study was not to compare different methodologies of estimating fine root production, we used four methods based on core sampling to provide a range of estimates for the poplar trees (FR; diameter classes L1 and L2). The four methods were:<list list-type="order"><list-item><p>The “max-min” method was the simplest method used. This method estimates fine root productivity by subtracting the annual minimum root biomass from the annual maximum biomass (Burke and Raynal <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR13">1994</xref>).</p></list-item><list-item><p>The “sequential core” technique (Milchunas <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR45">2009</xref>) was applied using three variants of this technique. Two of these variants estimate fine root productivity by summing the increases in fine root biomass between sampling dates and by only using data of fine roots biomass (Publicover and Vogt <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR53">1993</xref>). For the “sequential core” productivity estimates, we used all the positive increments between sampling dates in a more liberal estimation, while for the “significant differences in sequential core” productivity estimates we used only the statistically significant increments (ANOVA/LSD means) in a more conservative approach (Milchunas <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR45">2009</xref>). For the third variant, i.e. the “sequential core of all-roots”, we used total (biomass + necromass) fine root mass data. This last variant was applied to compare poplar fine roots with data from weed roots where no sorting in biomass and necromass was done.</p></list-item><list-item><p>The “decision matrix” method (Fairley and Alexander <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR24">1985</xref>) calculates productivity, mortality and disappearance of fine roots between consecutive sampling dates using data of fine root biomass and necromass.</p></list-item><list-item><p>The “compartment flow” method (Santantonio and Grace <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR55">1987</xref>) uses a pool and flux approach. The method defines two pools, i.e. biomass and necromass. Productivity, mortality and decomposition are the flows. As root decomposition was not measured in the current study, an annual dead root decomposition rate of 50 % was estimated for the (poplar) necromass based on studies from the region (Kalhe et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR34">2007</xref>; Silver and Miya <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR58">2001</xref>). This is a rough assumption, as fine root productivity may equal decomposition at times of no change in the pool of live biomass and necromass.</p></list-item></list></p><p>Medium (L3) and coarse (L4) roots are highly variable in the soil, and therefore it is not recommended to estimate their biomass by core sampling (Levillain et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR40">2011</xref>). Since no distinction between live and dead root mass could be made for weed roots, total root productivity of weeds was calculated in two ways: (i) by subtracting the annual minimum weed root mass from the annual maximum (comparable with the max-min method referred to above); and (ii) by summing all the positive differences in total weed root mass between sampling dates (comparable with the sequential core of all-roots method referred to above). The approaches used for weed roots were also applied for poplar root mass, and are presented as variants of “all-roots”, including biomass and necromass without distinction (L1 + L2 + D). In all methods, we used the average of root mass over both wide and narrow rows (<italic>n</italic> = 20 per sampling date) weighted by the proportion of the ground area occupied. Additionally, poplar fine root productivity was calculated for wide and narrow rows separately, and subsequently averaged taking into account the proportional area occupied by the wide and the narrow rows. In the last case, the root productivity was calculated for each row using a smaller number of samples (<italic>n</italic> = 10) and then averaged. All the root productivity and mortality estimates calculated for each sampling date were summed and expressed in g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>. The cumulative root productivity over the year was converted to C using the measured fine root C mass fraction.</p><p>Fine root turnover rate is defined as the speed at which the roots are being renewed every year (Vogt and Bloomfield <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR64">1991</xref>). Several approaches have already been proposed to estimate root turnover rate in mature (and/or “steady state”) ecosystems (Gill and Jackson <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR25">2000</xref>). However, it remains an issue how to estimate fine root turnover in a dynamic, growing ecosystem. We calculated fine root turnover rate for each diameter class (L1 and L2) using two equations:<disp-formula id="Equ1"><label>1</label><alternatives><tex-math id="M1">\documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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\begin{document}$$ \frac{ root\kern0.5em productivity}{ maximum\kern0.5em root\kern0.5em biomass}= root\kern0.5em turnover\kern0.5em rat{e}_{(max)} $$\end{document}</tex-math><mml:math id="M4"><mml:mrow><mml:mfrac><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">root</mml:mi><mml:mspace width="0.5em"></mml:mspace><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">productivity</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">maximum</mml:mi><mml:mspace width="0.5em"></mml:mspace><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">root</mml:mi><mml:mspace width="0.5em"></mml:mspace><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">biomass</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:mfrac><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">root</mml:mi><mml:mspace width="0.5em"></mml:mspace><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">turnover</mml:mi><mml:mspace width="0.5em"></mml:mspace><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">rat</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mi>e</mml:mi><mml:mfenced close=")" open="("><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">max</mml:mi></mml:mfenced></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math><graphic xlink:href="11104_2013_1778_Article_Equ2.gif" position="anchor"></graphic></alternatives></disp-formula></p><p>Both equations are used in the literature (Brunner et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR12">2013</xref>), but a priori, Eq. <xref rid="Equ1" ref-type="">1</xref> may over-estimate root turnover rate while Eq. <xref rid="Equ2" ref-type="">2</xref> may under-estimate root turnover rate.</p></sec><sec id="Sec6"><title>Statistical analysis</title><p>Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test for differences in fine root biomass between genotypes (Skado vs. Koster) and between rows (wide vs. narrow), as well as to test for differences in C concentration between the six root classes/categories (W, D, L1, L2, L3, L4). Genotype, row (wide vs. narrow) and root class were considered as the main factors in the ANOVA. A two-way ANOVA tested differences in root biomass between genotypes and between rows using sampling date as a co-variate. Another two-way ANOVA was run to compare differences in C concentration between genotypes and between root classes. Differences were considered significant at <italic>P</italic> ≤ 0.05. Differences in root productivity between rows, between genotypes and between plant communities (poplar vs. weeds) were examined by a simple comparison of the estimated values, since no replicate estimates could be made to assess their uncertainties.</p></sec></sec><sec id="Sec7" sec-type="results"><title>Results</title><p>At the end of the growing season, total (above + below-ground) standing biomass was 1,130 g DM m<sup>-2</sup> and 1,700 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> for Koster and Skado, respectively (unpublished data; Broeckx et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR11">2013</xref>). Net primary production (NPP; above- + below-ground) was estimated at 800 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup> and 1,400 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup> for Koster and Skado, respectively (unpublished data; Verlinden et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR63">2013</xref>).</p><sec id="Sec8"><title>Poplar fine root biomass</title><p>Total root biomass sampled varied during the course of the year (Fig. <xref rid="Fig2" ref-type="fig">2</xref>). Total sampled root biomass, averaged over (narrow and wide) rows and months, was 19 ± 8 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> for both genotypes in winter (February-March) vs. 69 ± 7 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> (genotype Skado) and 140 ± 30 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> (genotype Koster) at the end of the growing season (October-November). Fine root biomass (<2 mm) in November accounted for 38–47 g DM m<sup>−2</sup>, nearly 60 % of total root biomass sampled (Fig. <xref rid="Fig3" ref-type="fig">3</xref>). The two genotypes differed significantly in both total and fine root biomass. Peaks in total root biomass (Fig. <xref rid="Fig2" ref-type="fig">2</xref>) were due to the occasional presence of coarse roots (>5 mm) in the samples (Fig. <xref rid="Fig3" ref-type="fig">3</xref>). Nevertheless, there was a consistent increase of fine root biomass over the course of the year.<fig id="Fig2"><label>Fig. 2</label><caption><p>Seasonal evolution (2011) of the total root mass from poplars (<italic>filled symbols</italic>) and weeds (<italic>open symbols</italic>) in narrow (<italic>solid line</italic>) and wide rows (<italic>dotted line</italic>) for genotypes Koster (<italic>top panel</italic>) and Skado (<italic>lower panel</italic>). Each point represents the mean of ca. 10 samples. <italic>Bars</italic> above the mean represent the standard error for samples in the <italic>narrow rows</italic>, and <italic>bars</italic> below the mean data point for samples in the wide rows. An extra root sampling in January 2012 was included for genotype Skado</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="11104_2013_1778_Fig2_HTML" id="MO2"></graphic></fig><fig id="Fig3"><label>Fig. 3</label><caption><p>Seasonal evolution (2011) of the root mass for different root diameter classes of poplar roots for genotypes Koster (<italic>top panel</italic>) and Skado (<italic>lower panel</italic>). Each line represents the mean evolution of 20 values. An extra root sampling in January 2012 was included for genotype Skado</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="11104_2013_1778_Fig3_HTML" id="MO3"></graphic></fig></p><p>Fine roots represented 2.2 % of the total standing biomass in Skado vs. 4.1 % in Koster, thus representing a higher proportion for the genotype with the lower standing biomass. On average, fine root biomass (<2 mm, L1 + L2), represented 60 % of the total root mass; live medium-size and coarse roots (L3 + L4) represented 33 % (Fig. <xref rid="Fig3" ref-type="fig">3</xref>), while dead roots accounted for only a minor proportion (6 %) of the total root mass (data not shown). The C concentration was lowest (36 % of C) in the finest root category (<1 mm), without significant differences between necromass and biomass. No significant differences in root C concentration were found between genotypes (Table <xref rid="Tab2" ref-type="table">2</xref>).</p><p>For both genotypes total root biomass was significantly higher in the narrow rows than in the wide rows (Table <xref rid="Tab1" ref-type="table">1</xref>). Even when the sampling date was used as a covariate, total root biomass was higher in the narrow rows than in the wide rows for both genotypes. However, fine root biomass was significantly higher in the narrow rows compared to the wide rows only in genotype Skado. The distance from the nearest tree was not a significant term in the regression models (data not shown). Average bulk density in the upper 15 cm soil layer was significantly lower (<italic>p</italic> < 0.05) in the narrow compared to wide rows: 1.48 (±0.04) g cm<sup>−3</sup> vs. 1.56 (±0.05) g cm<sup>−3</sup>, respectively.<table-wrap id="Tab1"><label>Table 1</label><caption><p>Statistical results of the two-ways analysis of variance on the effect of the factors genotypes and rows on poplar total root mass, fine root mass and weed root mass</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><thead><tr><th>Factor</th><th colspan="2">Total root biomass</th><th colspan="2">Fine root biomass</th><th colspan="2">Weed root biomass</th></tr><tr><th></th><th>F</th><th>P</th><th>F</th><th>P</th><th>F</th><th>P</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Genotype</td><td char="." align="char">5.1</td><td char="." align="char">0.024</td><td char="." align="char">5.0</td><td char="." align="char">0.026</td><td char="." align="char">44.6</td><td char="." align="char"><0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>Row</td><td char="." align="char">12.0</td><td char="." align="char">0.001</td><td char="." align="char">2.6</td><td char="." align="char">0.107</td><td char="." align="char">0.0</td><td char="." align="char">0.986</td></tr><tr><td>Genotype x Row</td><td char="." align="char">0.6</td><td char="." align="char">0.424</td><td char="." align="char">1.5</td><td char="." align="char">0.219</td><td char="." align="char">0.0</td><td char="." align="char">0.894</td></tr><tr><td>(Sampling date)</td><td char="." align="char">101.4</td><td char="." align="char"><0.0001</td><td char="." align="char">198.2</td><td char="." align="char"><0.0001</td><td char="." align="char">0.5</td><td char="." align="char">0.503</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><p>Sampling date was used as a co-variate. Genotypes: Skado and Koster; row: narrow and wide; root classes: W = weed roots, D = dead roots (necromass), L1 = <1 mm, L2 = 1–2 mm, L3 = 2–5 mm, L4= > 5 mm</p></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap></p></sec><sec id="Sec9"><title>Weed root biomass</title><p>In the first months of sampling (February-June), weed root biomass was five times larger than that of poplar roots (Fig. <xref rid="Fig2" ref-type="fig">2</xref>). In summer, the ratio of weed to poplar root mass was reversed when poplars became dominant. Weed root biomass was two times higher under Koster than under Skado throughout the entire growing season. Despite the higher poplar root biomass in the narrow rows, weed roots were widely distributed over the entire field, with no significant differences between rows (Table <xref rid="Tab1" ref-type="table">1</xref>). Weed roots accounted for ca. 50–100 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> and remained constant throughout the growing season (Fig. <xref rid="Fig2" ref-type="fig">2</xref>). On average, C concentration of weed roots was lower than that of poplar roots (Table <xref rid="Tab2" ref-type="table">2</xref>).<table-wrap id="Tab2"><label>Table 2</label><caption><p>Statistical results of the two-ways analysis of variance on the effect of the factors genotypes and root class on carbon concentration, as well as results of the Tukey <italic>t</italic>-test</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">ᅟ</th><th colspan="5">Carbon (%)</th></tr><tr><th>F</th><th>P</th><th>Root class</th><th><italic>n</italic></th><th>Carbon (%)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Genotype</td><td char="." align="char">0.002</td><td char="." align="char">0.966</td><td>W</td><td>97</td><td>28.2a</td></tr><tr><td>Root class</td><td char="." align="char">61.8</td><td char="." align="char"><0.0001</td><td>D</td><td char="." align="char">45</td><td char="." align="char">35.5b</td></tr><tr><td>Genotype x root class</td><td char="." align="char">2.7</td><td char="." align="char">0.021</td><td>L1</td><td char="." align="char">92</td><td char="." align="char">36.6b</td></tr><tr><td>(Sampling date)</td><td char="." align="char">0.0004</td><td char="." align="char">0.985</td><td>L4</td><td char="." align="char">12</td><td char="." align="char">40.3c</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>L3</td><td char="." align="char">35</td><td char="." align="char">40.7c</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>L2</td><td char="." align="char">54</td><td char="." align="char">41.7c</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><p>Sampling date was used as a co-variate. Genotypes: Skado and Koster; row: narrow and wide; root class: W = weed roots, D = dead roots (necromass), L1 = <1 mm, L2 = 1–2 mm, L3 = 2–5 mm, L4= > 5 mm</p></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap></p></sec><sec id="Sec10"><title>Fine root productivity and turnover rate</title><p>Estimates of fine root productivity and turnover differed according to the method of calculation (Table <xref rid="Tab3" ref-type="table">3</xref>). Averaging over genotype, poplar fine root productivity (L1 + L2) was lowest using the ‘significant differences in sequential core’ method (21.6 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>), followed by the ‘max-min’ method (41.2 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>), the ‘sequential core’ method (46.8 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>), the ‘sequential core of all-roots’ (47.8 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>), the ‘decision matrix’ method (51.4 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>) and the ‘compartment flow’ method (53.2 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>). Since it was based on fine root productivity estimates, the same ranking was obtained for fine root turnover rates. This ranking of methodological estimates was quite consistent across root diameter classes and genotypes. Averaged across methods, fine root productivity of both genotypes was nearly identical, i.e. 43.7 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup> vs. 43.6 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup> for genotypes Koster and Skado, respectively. In both genotypes, 68 % of the annual productivity of fine roots was accounted for by the finest root class (<1 mm; L1).</p><p>Root turnover rate can be estimated from observations of the median root lifespan or from the ratio of the fine root productivity to biomass. Our estimated turnover rate for roots of <2 mm was 1.8 to 3. year<sup>−1</sup> using the mean fine root biomass, and 0.3–1.4 year<sup>−1</sup> using the maximum fine root biomass. Consequently the fine root turnover rate was between 2.3 and 3.9 times higher using the mean of the fine root biomass than using the annual maximum fine root biomass. Overall, fine roots <2 mm diameter lived approximately 3 to 9 months depending on the estimated fine root turnover rate. Using the ‘sequential core of all-roots’, ‘decision matrix’ or ‘compartment flow’ methods, the calculated turnover was slightly higher (2–6 % higher) in very fine roots (<1 mm; L1) than in fine roots (1–2 mm; L2), while it was (9 to 75 %) lower when using the ‘max-min’ and the two other ‘sequential core’ methods.</p><p>Similar to poplar, values of weed root productivity differed according to the method used for the calculation (Table <xref rid="Tab4" ref-type="table">4</xref>). Averaging weed root mass across poplar genotypes, weed root productivity was lower using the ‘max-min’ method (70.5 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>) than with the ‘sequential core’ method (127.1 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>). This ranking was consistent with the ranking found for the poplar root estimates. When all methods were averaged, weed root productivity was 50 % higher under genotype Koster (i.e. 120.7 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>) than under genotype Skado (77.0 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>). Weed roots had lower C concentrations than poplar roots (Table <xref rid="Tab2" ref-type="table">2</xref>), but their production exceeded at least two times the poplar fine root productivity (Table <xref rid="Tab4" ref-type="table">4</xref>). Considering that on an annual basis the fine root production is an input to the soil (turnover rate >1 year, Table <xref rid="Tab3" ref-type="table">3</xref>), the total root C input to the soil was on average 17.0 g C m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup> for the poplar trees and 44.8 g C m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup> for the weeds.<table-wrap id="Tab3"><label>Table 3</label><caption><p>Fine root productivity and turnover rate of two root diameter classes from two poplar genotypes during their second year of growth estimated using different methodological approaches: “significant differences in sequential core” (sequential core (sign.)), “max-min”, “sequential core” (sequential core (live roots)), “sequential core of all-roots” (sequential core (all-roots)), “decision matrix” and “compartment flow”</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th>Sequential core (sign.)</th><th>Max-min</th><th>Sequential core (live roots)</th><th>Sequential core (all-roots)</th><th>Decision matrix</th><th>Compartment flow</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Production</td><td>(g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Koster</td><td><1 mm (L1)</td><td></td><td char="." align="char">23.5</td><td char="." align="char">27.6</td><td char="." align="char">29.0</td><td char="." align="char">31.9</td><td char="." align="char">33.2</td><td char="." align="char">33.8</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1–2 mm (L2)</td><td></td><td char="." align="char">0.0</td><td char="." align="char">16.2</td><td char="." align="char">16.8</td><td char="." align="char">16.8</td><td char="." align="char">16.8</td><td char="." align="char">16.9</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Total</td><td></td><td char="." align="char">23.5</td><td char="." align="char">43.7</td><td char="." align="char">45.8</td><td char="." align="char">48.7</td><td char="." align="char">50.0</td><td char="." align="char">50.7</td></tr><tr><td>Skado</td><td><1 mm (L1)</td><td></td><td char="." align="char">11.4</td><td char="." align="char">25.5</td><td char="." align="char">30.9</td><td char="." align="char">30.0</td><td char="." align="char">37.5</td><td char="." align="char">39.7</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1–2 mm (L2)</td><td></td><td char="." align="char">8.3</td><td char="." align="char">13.1</td><td char="." align="char">16.8</td><td char="." align="char">16.8</td><td char="." align="char">15.4</td><td char="." align="char">16.0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Total</td><td></td><td char="." align="char">19.7</td><td char="." align="char">38.6</td><td char="." align="char">47.8</td><td char="." align="char">46.8</td><td char="." align="char">52.9</td><td char="." align="char">55.7</td></tr><tr><td>Turnover</td><td>(year<sup>−1</sup>)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Koster</td><td><1 mm (L1)</td><td>mean</td><td char="." align="char">1.8</td><td char="." align="char">2.1</td><td char="." align="char">2.2</td><td char="." align="char">2.4</td><td char="." align="char">2.5</td><td char="." align="char">2.6</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>max</td><td char="." align="char">0.8</td><td char="." align="char">0.9</td><td char="." align="char">1.0</td><td char="." align="char">1.0</td><td char="." align="char">1.1</td><td char="." align="char">1.1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1–2 mm (L2)</td><td>mean</td><td char="." align="char">0.0</td><td char="." align="char">2.3</td><td char="." align="char">2.4</td><td char="." align="char">1.3</td><td char="." align="char">2.4</td><td char="." align="char">2.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>max</td><td char="." align="char">0.5</td><td char="." align="char">0.8</td><td char="." align="char">1.0</td><td char="." align="char">0.6</td><td char="." align="char">0.9</td><td char="." align="char">1.0</td></tr><tr><td>Skado</td><td><1 mm (L1)</td><td>mean</td><td char="." align="char">1.0</td><td char="." align="char">2.2</td><td char="." align="char">2.6</td><td char="." align="char">2.3</td><td char="." align="char">3.2</td><td char="." align="char">3.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>max</td><td char="." align="char">0.4</td><td char="." align="char">0.9</td><td char="." align="char">1.1</td><td char="." align="char">1.0</td><td char="." align="char">1.3</td><td char="." align="char">1.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1–2 mm (L2)</td><td>mean</td><td char="." align="char">1.7</td><td char="." align="char">2.7</td><td char="." align="char">3.4</td><td char="." align="char">1.3</td><td char="." align="char">3.1</td><td char="." align="char">3.2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>max</td><td char="." align="char">0.3</td><td char="." align="char">1.0</td><td char="." align="char">0.6</td><td char="." align="char">0.6</td><td char="." align="char">1.2</td><td char="." align="char">0.6</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><p>The results of the different methods were ranked from left to right in ascending order of productivity estimation. The dashed line divides the methods that occasionally provide unrealistic results (to the left) from the methods with more realistic estimations (to the right). <italic>DM</italic> dry mass</p></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><table-wrap id="Tab4"><label>Table 4</label><caption><p>Root productivity and root turnover rate of two poplar genotypes and of weeds estimated using two different approaches: “max-min” (max-min (all-roots)) and “sequential core of all-roots” (sequential core (all-roots))</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th colspan="2">Weeds</th><th colspan="2">Poplar</th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th><th>Max-min (all-roots)</th><th>Sequential core (all-roots)</th><th>Max-min (all-roots)</th><th>Sequential core (all-roots)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Production</td><td>(g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Koster</td><td></td><td char="." align="char">109.5</td><td char="." align="char">156.0</td><td char="." align="char">46.0</td><td char="." align="char">48.7</td></tr><tr><td>Skado</td><td></td><td char="." align="char">72.1</td><td char="." align="char">98.3</td><td char="." align="char">37.7</td><td char="." align="char">46.8</td></tr><tr><td>Turnover</td><td>(year<sup>−1</sup>)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Koster</td><td></td><td char="." align="char">1.5</td><td char="." align="char">2.1</td><td char="." align="char">2.2</td><td char="." align="char">2.3</td></tr><tr><td>Skado</td><td></td><td char="." align="char">1.8</td><td char="." align="char">2.4</td><td char="." align="char">2.0</td><td char="." align="char">2.5</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><p>Root production was calculated using the total fine root mass (live + dead). <italic>DM</italic> dry mass</p></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap></p><p>Poplar fine root production differed between narrow and wide rows (Table <xref rid="Tab5" ref-type="table">5</xref>). When averaging all methods, fine root productivity was 25 % higher in the narrow rows. But when the max-min method was used, wide rows were 10 % more productive than the narrow rows. Averaging over wide and narrow rows, fine root productivity was 46 % higher than the estimates obtained with the two respective methods, “max-min” and “sequential core-all-roots” (Table <xref rid="Tab4" ref-type="table">4</xref>).<table-wrap id="Tab5"><label>Table 5</label><caption><p>Fine root productivity in narrow and wide rows for two poplar genotypes during their second year of growth estimated using different methodological approaches: “max-min”, “sequential core” (sequential core (live roots)), “decision matrix” and “compartment flow”</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th>Max-min</th><th>Sequential core (live roots)</th><th>Decision matrix</th><th>Compartment flow</th></tr><tr><th>Production</th><th>(g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>)</th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Koster</td><td>Narrow rows (L1 + L2)</td><td char="." align="char">54.4</td><td char="." align="char">77.3</td><td char="." align="char">90.3</td><td char="." align="char">91.0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Wide rows (L1 + L2)</td><td char="." align="char">63.9</td><td char="." align="char">72.1</td><td char="." align="char">73.8</td><td char="." align="char">76.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Average</td><td char="." align="char">60.1</td><td char="." align="char">73.1</td><td char="." align="char">78.5</td><td char="." align="char">80.4</td></tr><tr><td>Skado</td><td>Narrow rows (L1 + L2)</td><td char="." align="char">51.3</td><td char="." align="char">93.4</td><td char="." align="char">89.0</td><td char="." align="char">89.0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Wide rows (L1 + L2)</td><td char="." align="char">52.2</td><td char="." align="char">46.0</td><td char="." align="char">84.7</td><td char="." align="char">71.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Average</td><td char="." align="char">51.4</td><td char="." align="char">61.2</td><td char="." align="char">85.3</td><td char="." align="char">76.5</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><p>Root productivity from root diameter classes <1 mm (L1) and 1–2 mm (L2) were summed. Values were ranked from left to right in ascending order of productivity estimation. The dashed line divides the methods that occasionally provide unrealistic results (to the left) from the methods with more realistic estimations (to the right).</p></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap></p></sec></sec><sec id="Sec11" sec-type="discussion"><title>Discussion</title><sec id="Sec12"><title>Poplar root biomass</title><p>We observed a constant increase in fine roots and in total root biomass during the year, with significant differences between genotypes. The active fine root growth started in June-July, possibly in response to an increase in precipitation (Figs. <xref rid="Fig1" ref-type="fig">1</xref> and <xref rid="Fig2" ref-type="fig">2</xref>). The increasing fine root production continued until October, which is longer than the production of the aboveground biomass. This could indicate a shift in carbon allocation from aboveground biomass to belowground biomass towards the end of the growing season (Scarascia-Mugnozza <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR57">1991</xref>; Dickmann & Pregitzer <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR21">1992</xref>). Root growth generally continues longer than shoot growth, even after leaf abscission (Lyr & Hoffmann <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR42">1967</xref>; Cannell & Willett <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR14">1976</xref>). That root growth is favored over shoot growth after the growing season has been previously reported for mature forests (Burke & Raynal <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR13">1994</xref>) and young poplar plantations (Heilman et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR26">1994</xref>).</p><p>The productivity and proportion of total biomass allocated to fine roots we observed were consistent with other studies across a broad range of species and ages. Fine roots represented 2.2 % of total (above + belowground) biomass in Skado and 4.1 % in Koster. Curiel Yuste et al. (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR16">2005</xref>) found fine roots accounted for 1.6 % of total biomass in mature pines, and 2.1 % for a 70-year-old oak stand in Belgium. In an older (9-years old) poplar SRC plantation in Belgium, genotypic differences in fine root biomass (in the upper 15 cm of the soil) ranged between 25 and 44 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> (Al Afas et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR1">2008</xref>). In a 2-year-old poplar plantation in the USA, fine root biomass (<1 mm) ranged from 25 to 65 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> with higher values for nitrogen rich soils (Pregitzer et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR52">2000</xref>). On the other hand, in a nutrient gradient experiment carried out in a deciduous forest, it was found that low soil nutrient levels resulted in a high biomass allocation to fine roots to increase nutrient uptake (Tateno et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR61">2004</xref>). The high fine root biomass in our plantation could be explained by the fertile soil and adequate water driving high tree productivity (Broeckx et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR9">2012a</xref>). Trees were still in the early, exponential phase of stand development and growing with no apparent limitation due to nutrients or water.</p><p>In a double-row plantation, samples taken in narrow rows and wide rows have different mean root mass and different standard deviation. Therefore, the samples have to be considered as belonging to different statistical populations, and each data set has to be processed separately. We hypothesized that tree fine root biomass would be higher in the narrow rows as compared to the wider rows, and that the proximity of the trees would explain these differences. In general, total root biomass was significantly higher in the narrow rows, but not for fine root biomass (diameter < 2 mm). Soil properties around an individual tree are normally affected by the distance to the tree stem (Zinke <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR69">1962</xref>). Based on our random sampling, we did not find an effect of the distance from the nearest tree on fine root biomass (data not shown). A methodological experiment carried out on 6-year-old <italic>Eucalyptus</italic> trees found an effect of tree size on fine root biomass in samples taken with augers, but the authors did not find an effect of the distance to the nearest tree (Levillain et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR40">2011</xref>). However, we observed that total root biomass was lower in the wide rows, especially at the beginning of the growing season. It appears roots preferentially explored the planting row where soil compaction was lower (Laclau et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR37">2004</xref>), due to less traffic from tractors and other machinery. Later in the growing season these differences in root biomass between rows were lower. This could have been due to avoidance of competition in the narrow rows where the trees were closer and root abundance already high.</p><p>Fine roots have commonly been defined as roots with a diameter less than 2 mm (category L1 + L2) (Persson <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR48">1980</xref>; Vogt et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR65">1981</xref>; Janssens et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR31">2002</xref>). This is a simplification that implies that all roots within this fine root category have similar or comparable function. However, in many cases it has been shown that a high proportion of “fine root” class is occupied by roots finer than 1 mm diameter (Bauhus and Messier <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR5">1999</xref>; King et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR35">2002</xref>; Pinno et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR50">2010</xref>) and only these very fine roots (<1 mm; category L1) are highly dynamic during the growing season (Santantonio and Santantonio <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR56">1987</xref>). Our results confirmed that there was more root mass in the very fine root class (<1 mm, L1; Fig. <xref rid="Fig3" ref-type="fig">3</xref>) and that these very fine roots were more productive than those of the larger diameter classes (Table <xref rid="Tab4" ref-type="table">4</xref>).</p></sec><sec id="Sec13"><title>Weed root biomass</title><p>Some of the samples collected in the current study contained only weed roots and no tree roots at all, in particular where trees were further apart from one another. However, weed roots were spatially homogeneously distributed over the field site over the entire growing season. Higher weed root biomass under Koster might be explained by the fact that there was more light transmitted to the herbaceous canopy under this smaller aboveground biomass genotype as compared to Skado. Genotype Koster also had lower maximum leaf area index and later leaf phenology than genotype Skado (unpublished data, and see Broeckx et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR10">2012b</xref>). In ecosystem studies on roots, it is necessary to separate live roots of different plant species/genotypes because they may have asynchronous phenology, which could lead to errors when estimating root productivity based on sequential differences in root biomass.</p><p>In crops or in SRC plantations, associated annual plants are traditionally considered pests and not a valuable product, perhaps explaining why weed root production is so rarely reported. Weeds are usually considered as a negative factor in poplar and SRC plantations (Pinno and Belanger <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR49">2009</xref>). However, annual plants do have important function within the agro-ecosystem. For example, the high density of weed roots in the topsoil could drastically reduce soil erosion (De Baets et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR18">2007</xref>) in periods when poplar roots are less abundant. Moreover, weed root mass growing during the dormant period of the poplars can help to decrease the nutrient leaching during winter (McLenaghen et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR43">1996</xref>; Wyland et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR68">1996</xref>). Here we quantified root biomass of the entire weed community (multiple species), but did not characterize interspecific differences in root biomass, root spatial distributions, or competition strategies that may be important components of weed communities (Kabba et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR33">2007</xref>). Annual weeds may thus have an impact on the establishment of the poplar trees (Kabba et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR33">2007</xref>) and on their productivity (Otto et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR47">2010</xref>; Pinno and Belanger <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR49">2009</xref>; Welham et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR67">2007</xref>), but they also play a relevant ecological role.</p></sec><sec id="Sec14"><title>Fine root production and turnover rate</title><p>The developmental stage of trees influences fine root productivity and root turnover. In mature forests, fine root productivity has been reported to range between 50–520 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup> (Pinno et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR50">2010</xref>; Steele et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR60">1997</xref>), and in young tree plantations between 60 and 420 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup> (Block <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR8">2004</xref>; Lukac et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR41">2003</xref>). When young and mature plantations were compared in the same study (Block <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR8">2004</xref>), fine root productivity was lower in the younger plantation. In our plantation, we estimated a fine root productivity of approximately 53 g DM m<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>. Fine roots represented 3.9 % and 6.3 % of NPP for Skado and Koster, respectively, which is much less than the 10 % reported for a mature broadleaf deciduous forest (Curiel Yuste et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR16">2005</xref>). Despite genetic and above-ground NPP differences between both genotypes, they did not differ in fine root productivity. This may be relevant for plant ecological research and for genetic selection (Dickmann et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR22">2001</xref>). For example, differences in the belowground versus aboveground allocation are relevant for the adaptation/selection of specific genotypes to different soil types, for early rooting, etc. (Crow and Houston <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR15">2004</xref>).</p><p>Our estimates of fine root turnover are in the same order of magnitude as those reported for two-year-old hybrid poplars derived from ratios of fine root productivity to mean annual fine root biomass, that is, between 1.9 year − <sup>1</sup> and 2.7 year − <sup>1</sup> (Block <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR8">2004</xref>). Using maximum fine root biomass, turnover rate estimates for fine roots in an SRC plantation in Italy ranged from 1.1–1.4 year<sup>−1</sup> (Lukac et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR41">2003</xref>). These rates, obtained through different methods, confirm that multiple root cohorts can be produced during one growing season. However, they also suggested that the value of the fine root turnover rate depends on the methodology applied. The turnover rates reported in these studies imply fine <italic>Populus</italic> root longevities of 4 to 11 months, consistent with the broader literature (Pregitzer et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR52">2000</xref>; Block <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR8">2004</xref>).</p><p>By quantifying both tree and weed root production, data from the current study support the hypothesis that soil carbon inputs due to weed roots may equal or exceed that due to poplar fine roots. This occurred despite the fact that we used operational levels of weed control to facilitate plantation establishment. This finding is important because it confirms the importance of accounting for root production of associated annual plants when calculating ecosystem C balances of SRC or other tree crop plantations, especially during the early phases of the plantation. In agro-ecosystems, aboveground C input from weeds has been reported to range between 150 and 2,500 kg ha<sup>−1</sup> (Alvarez et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR2">2011</xref>; Poudel et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR51">2002</xref>). This weed biomass also needs to be included in agro-ecosystem carbon balances (Alvarez et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR2">2011</xref>).</p></sec><sec id="Sec15"><title>Methods comparison</title><p>The aim of the present study was not to compare different methodologies for estimating fine root productivity, but to better understand plant root dynamics and quantify fine root turnover rates in a fast-growing SRC by using a combination of several methods (e.g. those proposed by Burke and Raynal <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR13">1994</xref>; Levillain et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR40">2011</xref>; Steele et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR60">1997</xref>). Our fine root biomass productivity estimates obtained via four different methods were within the range of the values reported for other poplar plantations (Block <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR8">2004</xref>). The lowest estimates were obtained with the most restrictive method; in one specific case this method even yielded a production rate of zero. We therefore recommend caution when using only statistically significant differences for the calculation of productivity using the sequential coring technique. Methods with obvious meaningless values should not be used: for instance when negative or zero productivity values are obtained in a system with a clear increase in root biomass (Milchunas <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR45">2009</xref>). Among the methods used here, the higher estimates were obtained with the compartment flow method, an approach that has been highly recommended (Publicover and Vogt <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR53">1993</xref>). In general, the calculation of fine root productivity does not include carbon remobilization from senescent roots to live roots, nor the growth of fine roots into a larger size classes, or losses due to herbivory (Hunter <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR28">2008</xref>). However, these processes have been considered insignificant compared to the large error of estimation attributable to the method of calculation itself (Publicover and Vogt <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR53">1993</xref>).</p><p>The sum of root biomass and necromass resulted in higher productivity estimates than using the live root biomass only. In the literature, fine root productivity is often calculated with the max-min and the sequential core methods, using only live root biomass (Burke and Raynal <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR13">1994</xref>; Publicover and Vogt <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR53">1993</xref>; Trumbore et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR62">2006</xref>). Apparently, not sorting the roots into live and dead roots produced better productivity estimates than using live root biomass only. For example, in a hypothetical situation where there were no differences in live root biomass measured between sampling dates, zero root production would be estimated. But, in the same situation with a consistent increase in necromass, total root mass (biomass + necromass) would result in an estimation of root production. These results illustrate the usefulness of sorting fine roots into live and dead categories when the max-min or the sequential core methods are applied.</p><p>Fine root productivity estimates were higher in the narrow rows than in the wide rows (Table <xref rid="Tab5" ref-type="table">5</xref>) and, on average, they were higher than when the calculation was not done for each row independently (cfr. the results presented in Table <xref rid="Tab1" ref-type="table">1</xref>). This higher estimation of the narrow and wide rows together was a mathematical artifact of the calculation procedure. When the root productivity was estimated for each row, the number of samples was halved and consequently the deviation of the data for each row increased. In the methods that do not focus on the significant differences there is a higher probability to report biomass differences between sampling dates if the deviation is larger at each sampling date. Therefore, a higher root productivity was estimated when the number of samples was reduced.</p><p>On top of the different calculation approaches, also methodological artifacts could affect the results: (1) differences in the sorting into the various root classes between the persons involved in the sample processing; (2) small mineral particles attached to the roots even after washing; (3) live roots could be mistakenly sorted as dead roots as a result of freezing damages; (4) the sampling interval could be so long that root productivity is underestimated (Publicover and Vogt <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR53">1993</xref>). Other sources of error can be caused by the tools used; for example, core augering is not well-suited to estimating coarse root biomass (>10 mm) (Levillain et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR40">2011</xref>; Rodrigues de Sousa and Gehring <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR54">2010</xref>).</p><p>The present study focused on the top layer (15 cm) of the soil only and at specific times of the growing season. Root biomass tends to decrease with depth, with most fine roots occurring in the upper 15 cm of the soil (Jackson et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR29">1996</xref>; Janssens et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR31">2002</xref>). In addition, fine roots (their biomass, diameter, plant species, etc.) change over the year, and differently for surface and deep soil horizons (Burke and Raynal <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR13">1994</xref>; Janssens et al. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR31">2002</xref>; Santantonio and Santantonio <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR56">1987</xref>). Therefore, it is recommended that root sampling design take into account root distributions and phenology, and be done at frequent enough intervals to capture temporal dynamics. Although the present study focused on a short-time period after plantation establishment, it is the most critical period of land use change from agriculture into SRC. Characterization of effects in early as well as later stages of plantation development is needed to fully parameterize ecosystem models needed to scale effects of bioenergy cropping on C cycling across the landscape and in response to changes in resources availability and climate.</p></sec></sec><sec id="Sec16" sec-type="conclusion"><title>Conclusions</title><p>We found that annual soil carbon inputs from root production and turnover of annual weeds far exceeded those from the poplar trees during the early stages of land conversion from agriculture to SRC bioenergy cropping. Further, tree fine root biomass was higher in the narrow rows as compared to the wider rows when a double-row planting system was used, but weed root biomass was uniformly distributed. Genotypic differences between <italic>Populus</italic> clones were expressed in terms of standing fine root biomass, but not in annual root productivity, which could have ecological and management implications. More research is needed to fully examine the potential of the genus <italic>Populus</italic> under SRC for bioenergy to offset rising atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub>, but care must be taken to characterize all parts of the system, including weeds.</p></sec></body><back><ack><p>This research has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) as ERC Advanced Grant agreement # 233366 (POPFULL), as well as from the Flemish Hercules Foundation as Infrastructure contract ZW09-06. Further funding was provided by the Flemish Methusalem Programme and by the Research Council of the University of Antwerp. GB holds a grant from the Erasmus-Mundus External Cooperation, Consortium EADIC – Window Lot 16 financed by the European Union Mobility Programme # 2009-1655/001-001. JSK was supported as a visiting professor at the University of Antwerp by the International Francqui Foundation and by the US State Department Commission for Educational Exchange Fulbright Program. 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